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ORNAMENTAL 
IRON,  BRONZE  AND 
WIREWORK 


FOR  USE  OF  ARCHITECTS 


AND  OTHERS 


WITH  ILLUSTRATIONS 


AND  SPECIFICATIONS 


INTRODUCTION  BY  HARVEY  WILEY  CORBETT 
HELMLE,  CORBETT  AND  HARRISON 
ARCHITECTS 
NEW  YORK  CITY 


STRUCTURAL  AND  MISCELLANEOUS 
IRON,  BRONZE  AND  WIRE 


PUBLISHED  IN  1 92.7  BY  THE 

NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 
AND  BRONZE  MANUFACTURERS 

62_2_-62.6  BROADWAY,  CINCINNATI,  O. 


PRINTED  IN  U.  S.  A. 


BY 

JOHN  P.  SMITH  COMPANY,  INC. 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

COPYRIGHT,  I92.7 
BY 

NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


AND  BRONZE  MANUFACTURERS 


FOREWORD 

The  National  Association  of  Ornamental  Iron  and  Bronze 
Manufacturers  presents  herewith  illustrations  of  various  kinds 
of  Ornamental  Iron,  Bronze  and  Wire  work  produced  by  its  mem¬ 
bers,  with  brief  specifications  accompanying  the  illustrations,  to  make 
them  more  serviceable  and  useful  for  architects. 

We  are  convinced  that  ornamental  iron,  bronze  and  wire  will  make 
almost  any  building  better;  that  they  are  more  durable  than  the  sub¬ 
stitutes  which  might  take  their  place  and,  therefore,  in  the  long  run 
more  economical.  We  know  they  are  more  artistic  and  more  beautiful. 

This  book  is  issued  primarily  for  the  use  of  the  architect  and  his 
clients.  The  specifications  that  accompany  the  illustrations  we  hope 
may  serve  the  architect  in  designing  something  of  a  similar  character 
for  a  like  purpose.  We  propose  to  issue  other  books  similar  to  this  one 
at  intervals.  In  them  we  will  show  the  infinite  number  of  ways  in  which 
ornamental  iron,  bronze  and  wire  can  be  made  to  serve  better  than  any¬ 
thing  else,  in  various  kinds  of  buildings. 

While  our  purpose  in  endeavoring  to  provide  a  greater  market 
for  ornamental  iron,  bronze  and  wire  is,  in  all  frankness,  prima¬ 
rily  a  selfish  one,  we  feel  that  no  apology  is  necessary,  be¬ 
cause  in  endeavoring  to  promote  the  greater  use  of  our 
products,  we  believe  we  are  rendering  a  distinct  service 
to  both  architect  and  owner.  These  products  add  the 
final  touch  of  beauty  and  permanence  to  both  inte¬ 
riors  and  exteriors  that  cannot  possibly  be  se¬ 
cured  from  any  substitute. 

We  present  this  book,  believing  that  it 
shows  the  possibilities  of  greater  orna¬ 
mentation  and  finer  decoration ,  yet  en¬ 
tirely  consistent  with  the  aesthetic 
tastes  and  artistic  desires  of  the 
man  whose  favor  and  co¬ 
operation  we  so  earnestly 
solicit — the  architect. 


PRESERVING  TO  POSTERITY  THE  BEAUTY  AND  DIGNITY  OF  HIGH  ACHIEVEMENT 
BRINGING  TO  MODERN  ARCHITECTURE  THE  LUSTRE  OF  ANCIENT  ARTISTRY 


WROUGHT  IRON  ENTRANCE  DOOR  ON  THE  FIFTH 
AVENUE  RESIDENCE  OF  HELEN  M.  GOULD 


ORNAMENTAL  IRON  AND  BRONZE 

Its  place  in  the  building  scheme 

By  Harvey  Wiley  Corbett  of  Helmle,  Corbett  and  Harrison,  Architects 

New  York  City 


I  ESS  than  two  months  ago  I  con¬ 
structed  a  loft  building  where  cost 
was  a  vital  item,  intended  solely  for 
^  the  usual  purposes  of  a  loft.  From  a 
business  angle  the  owner  to  me  seemed 
rather  hard-boiled.  Yet,  instead  of  putting 
in  cheap  stock  window  frames,  I  was  able 
to  persuade  that  same  owner  to  use  a  care¬ 
fully  wrought  bronze  finish.  Not  because 
it  was  more  beautiful — we  didn’t  talk 
beauty.  We  just  talked  the  commercial  value 
of  such  an  appearance.  He  was  persuaded 
and  satisfied,  and  he  is  delighted  today.  He 
can  actually  ask  more  rent  for  space  on  the 
twentieth  floor  of  that  building,  because 
he  has  bronze  window  frames  on  the 
ground  floor.  That  factor  goes  right 
through  our  whole  building  work. 

In  architecture,  ornamental  iron  and 
bronze  are  most  significant.  They  have 
been  part  and  parcel  of  architectural  his¬ 
tory  since  its  beginnings.  With  these 
metals  architects  today  give  their  work 
the  final  touch — that  subtle  but  conclusive 
quality — which  means  so  much  in  fulfill¬ 
ing  each  one’s  aesthetic  conception  of  his 
particular  problem.  They  add  to  architec¬ 
ture  as,  let  us  say,  the  right  necktie  adds  to 
the  ordinary  suit  or  patent  leather  pumps 
to  evening  dress.  Just  the  proper  studs  with 
right  dress  clothes  can  make  a  man  appear 
distinguished.  So,  ornamental  iron  and 
bronze  affect  a  building.  Only  perhaps 
more  vividly.  Grilles  and  entrance  doors 


make  the  first  public  contacts  for  a  build¬ 
ing;  through  them  the  public  makes  its 
first  approach. 

The  Changing  Times 

Not  many  vears  ago,  certainly  not  more 
than  fifty,  the  word  “ornamental’’  men¬ 
tioned  in  a  conference  with  a  client  would 
have  made  said  client  nervous  at  the  very 
least.  Ornament  was  then  regarded  as  one 
of  those  unnecessary  additions  to  some¬ 
thing  practical,  the  sort  of  thing  if  possible 
to  be  avoided.  Such  “excrescences”  were 
tolerated  purely  as  a  sop  to  that  peculiar 
fellow,  the  architect,  who  for  some  inex¬ 
plicable  reason  was  endeavoring  in  his 
crude  way  to  add  a  little  beauty  to  the 
harshness  of  everyday  life. 

In  those  days  America  was  just  recover¬ 
ing  from  a  devastating  and  disorganizing 
civil  war.  We  were  very  seriously  con¬ 
cerned  with  getting  back  on  our  financial 
feet.  Spending  money  to  give  more  pleas¬ 
ure  to  the  eve  seemed  as  bad  as  burning  it. 
In  point  of  fact,  considerable  sums  fed  the 
flames  as  victims  of  the  drab  utilitarianism 
that  flourished  during  those  dark  ages 
which  followed  the  Civil  War,  when  we 
produced  long  lines  of  brownstone  fronts 
those  sombre  symbols  of  persistent  and  con¬ 
tinued  ugliness — which  still  stand  (though 
happily  disappearing)  in  mute  evidence  to 
the  blackest  age  of  American  architecture. 

And  in  all  other  aspects  of  the  building 


5 


ORNAMENTAL 


IRON 


AND 


BRONZE 


art  the  same  was  true.  Ornamental  then,  if 
it  meant  anything,  still  meant  ornate. 
Only  in  a  few  exceptional  cases  at  best  had 
building  risen  to  the  dignity  of  an  art.  It 
meant  scarcely  more  than  the  enclosing  of 
spaces  for  human  occupancy.  Architects  in 
those  days  struggled  with  a  hardened  and 
unsympathetic  public.  Few  fields  de¬ 
manded  the  services  of  artists  at  all,  and 
the  architect  —  endowed  with  some  vision 
and  a  little  love  of  form,  proportion,  and 
color,  a  little  appreciation  of  truth  in  the 
use  of  materials — had  a  rough  row  to  hoe; 
or,  to  put  the  figure  in  terms  more  under¬ 
standable  to  the  present  generation,  he 
only  tuned  in  on  static ! 

Today’s  Ideals  Are  Different 

What  difference  now!  A  new  attitude  to¬ 
ward  all  the  arts,  and  particularly  toward 
architecture  as  the  mother  of  the  other 
arts,  has  come  alive  and  flourishes.  Amer¬ 
ica  unhampered  by  ancient  tradition,  un¬ 
encumbered  with  antiquated  structures 
which  had  to  be  used  whether  suitable  or 
not,  unembarrassed  by  the  necessity  of  al¬ 
ways  doing  what  grandfather  did,  forged 
ahead,  met  the  problems  of  changed  busi¬ 
ness  and  social  relationships,  and  the  al¬ 
ways  advancing  developments  of  its  wealth 
and  resources.  We  have  opened  our  eyes. 
We  have  gained  the  courage  to  lift  them 
from  the  accountant’s  statement,  the  metic¬ 
ulous  and  profitable  production  sheets,  to 
look  about  us,  and  to  ask:  “What  are  we 
doing  to  make  life  pleasanter  as  well  as 
lucrative? 

We,  as  a  people,  have  just  begun  to  learn 
that  the  strongest  impulse  in  man,  after 
survival  and  continuance  of  his  kind,  is 
love  of  beauty.  Having  seen  the  light,  our 
commercial  interests  everywhere  are  mak¬ 
ing  use  of  it.  The  appliances  now  necessary 
in  every-day  life  are  being  made  more  dec¬ 
orative;  not  in  the  old  way  of  adding  sup¬ 
erfluities,  but  by  simplification  they  have 
become  more  harmonious  in  line  and  form 
and  have  achieved  together  with  a  tribute 
to  mechanical  craft  an  utility  at  least 
doubled.  A  recent  issue  of  The  Atlantic 


Monthly ,  that  magazine  founded  by  literati 
as  their  official  organ,  is  lead  by  an  ably 
written  article:  “Beauty,  the  New  Busi¬ 
ness  Tool.” 

The  Strongest  Appeal  Is  Always  Beauty 

Beauty  is  the  dominant  sales  force  in  the 
business  world  today.  Men  have  safely  got 
over  (let  us  thank  the  muses  all)  their  once 
spell-bound  interest  in  only  the  rapidity  of 
machine  production.  Released  now  from 
the  hypnotism  of  his  first  amazement  at  the 
possibilities  in  the  mechanical  products  of 
his  brain,  and  the  accompanying,  gushing 
desire  to  produce  with  them — no  matter 
what,  man  has  become  accustomed  to  ma¬ 
chines,  has  mastered  them,  and  is  forcing 
them  to  his  ends  in  the  creation  of  the 
beautiful.  The  ornamental  now  connotes 
good  taste,  is  simple,  and  ornate  no  longer. 
This  new  trend  in  mechanical  mastery  has 
given  us  our  modern  work  in  metal. 

The  inherent  charm  as  well  as  the  dur¬ 
ability  of  iron  and  bronze  has  caused  them 
to  be  used  extensively.  They  have  a  rich¬ 
ness  not  merely  of  form,  ornament,  color, 
but  in  the  realization  by  the  beholder  also 
that  their  fashioning  requires  effort,  time, 
and  expert  knowledge.  Their  metallic 
luster  has  the  air  of  something  very  genu¬ 
ine,  not  flimsy.  They  can  never  appear 
cheap. 

Utility  and  Versatility  oj 
These  Metals 

In  all  their  uses  iron  and  bronze  yield  a 
sense  of  permanency,  a  lasting  quality  that 
opens  for  them  endless  possibilities.  As 
doors,  as  window  grilles,  all  forms  of 
screens,  in  combination  with  glass  as  di¬ 
visions  for  office  spaces,  they  flourish.  The 
enormous  held  of  lighting  fixtures,  both 
exterior  and  interior,  is  theirs.  Properly 
treated  iron  yields  quite  as  rich  effects  as 
bronze.  They  can  prevent  distressing  loss 
through  fire,  for  even  fireproof  buildings 
can  be  almost  destroyed  through  the  burn¬ 
ing  of  their  contents.  Their  achievements 
as  wrought  metal  furniture,  sometimes  in 
combination  with  wood  but  also  alone, 


6 


ITS  PLACE  IN  THE  BUILDING  SCHEME 


are  notable;  and  they  are  satisfying,  beau¬ 
tiful,  which  matters  overwhelmingly. 

Go  into  any  man’s  building,  any  man’s 
house,  and  the  first  things  he  describes  and 
points  out  are  its  elements  of  beauty.  Later 
lie  may  show  that  it  is  practical,  that  the 
roof  doesn’t  leak,  that  the  windows  let  the 
light  in,  and  so  on,  but  he  first  points  to  its 
beauty.  Those  special  features  that  the 
owner  thus  points  out  are  the  very  things 
that  the  producer  is  creating.  They  are 
those  bits  of  a  grille  in  a  doorway,  a  fine 
bronze  casting  with  a  lamp,  or  some  other 
feature  of  which  he  is  particularly  proud. 
Such  factors  have  to  be  stressed. 

The  Genuine  and  Not  the  Substitute 

The  architectural  profession  today  is 
trying  by  every  method  possible  to  get 
away  from  substitutes  of  any  kind,  to  use 
materials,  even  if  they  have  to  be  selected 
from  stock,  that  are  genuine  in  themselves. 
If  I  were  a  manufacturer  I  would  fight 
every  effort  toward  substitution  that  would 
affect  my  business.  Let’s  be  genuine  if 
nothing  else.  Let  us  approach  our  prob¬ 
lems  always  from  that  angle — better  ap¬ 
pearance  and  durability  and  genuineness . 
Those  are  three  factors  on  which  we 


should  commingle.  In  that  combination 
we  can  produce  work  worth  while.  But 
there  is  yet  more. 

J 

Architecture  in  the  past,  in  Greece,  in 
Rome,  in  the  Renaissance,  was  always  de¬ 
signed  in  terms  of  the  material  to  be  used 
and  man,  who  executed  the  work.  Today, 
why  should  we  not  design  in  terms  of  the 
material  to  be  used,  man,  and  the  machines 
that  play  such  preponderating  parts  in 
modern  execution?  Manufacturers  as  well 
as  architects  must  learn  this  lesson. 

Just  plain  business,  adding  up  the  col¬ 
umn,  finding  that  your  profits  are  a  little 
greater  this  year  than  the  year  before,  may 
be  satisfaction;  but  it  is  insufficient  in  it¬ 
self.  Producers  have  the  opportunity  to  get 
out  of  their  business  just  as  much  pleasure 
and  satisfaction  as  any  artist  who,  sitting 
in  the  open,  paints  the  setting  sun,  or  a 
distant  cloud,  or  a  meadow,  or  a  bit  of 
green,  who  enjoys  working  although  he 
can  barely  earn  a  living  in  the  process. 
When  manufacturers  have  that  creative 
faculty  and  that  satisfaction  that  comes 
when  a  man  produces  something  beautiful 
—the  same  thing  that  carries  on  the  archi- 
tect  and  painter — achievement  and  happi¬ 
ness  will  follow. 


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7 


UNEQUALLED  VARIETY  IN  CAST  IRON 


CAST  IRON  ENTRANCE 

BY 

JAMES  MC  KINNEY  &  SON 

ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

FEDERAL  TRUST  BUILDING 

NEWARK,  N.  J. 

DENNISON  &  HIRONS,  ARCHITECTS 
GEORGE  E.  JONES 
ASSOCIATE  ARCHITECT 


Specifications : 

Variety  of  design  is  a  characteristic 
of  cast  iron.  This  entrance  con¬ 
sists  of  light  open  tracery,  ex¬ 
tremely  delicate  in  character. 

The  eight  panels  directly  over 
doors  (14"  x  %"  x  8'  long)  were 
cast  in  one  piece  and  are  fitted 
between  cast  iron  spindles  and 
surmounted  by  free  standing 
crestings  and  light  muntins. 

Window  frame  on  the  left,  sim¬ 
ilar  to  all  on  first  floor,  is  also 
of  architectural  cast  iron.  The 
long  mullions  in  one  piece, 
surmounted  by  intricate  Gothic 
lanterns  which  carry  the  verti¬ 
cal  lines  from  the  highly  orna¬ 
mental  bulkhead  upward,  give 
height  to  the  effect.  Absolute 
conformity  to  architectural  de¬ 
sign  results.  This  work  is  cast 
from  plaster,  wood  and  metal 
patterns  and  includes  much  spe¬ 
cial  cored  work. 


8 


THE  STABILITY  OF  BRONZE  FOR  BANKS 


BRONZE  VESTIBULE  ENCLOSURE 

BY 

SUPERB  BRONZE  AND  IRON  CO.,  INC. 
BROOKLYN,  N.  Y. 

POTTERS  NATIONAL  BANK 

EAST  LIVERPOOL,  O. 

WEARY  &  ALFORD  CO.,  ARCHITECTS 


Specifications : 

Enclosure  constructed  of  wrought  and  cast 
bronze;  the  entire  work  being  curved.  Most 
of  the  cast  bronze  work  was  undercut  and 
was  cast  in  the  lost  wax  process.  Doors  built 
of  hollow  bronze  seamless  tubing  with  drawn 
bronze  glass  mouldings. 


9 


INVITING 


ORNAMENTAL 


RAILINGS 


Specifications : 

Horizontal  Rails:  i  Yi"  x 
Uprights:  square. 

Starting  Posts:  i"  square. 

Scrolls:  %"  x  . 

t.%"  Moulded  Steel  Cap  Rails.  Cast  Picket 
Tops. 


PORCH  RAILING 

BY 

F.  P.  SMITH  WIRE  AND  IRON  WORKS 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

DIRKS  RESIDENCE 

WILMETTE,  ILL. 

CLARENCE  HATZFELD,  ARCHITECT 


IO 


ORNAMENTAL 


IRON 


LENDS 


RICH 


TOUCH 


ranv 


STUDIO  APARTMENT  ENTRANCE 

BY 

BROOKLYN  IRON  WORKS,  INC. 

NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 

LOCATED  AT  3L  WEST  9TH  STREET 

NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 

HUGO  MAGNUSON,  ARCHITECT,  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 


Specifications : 

Basket  weave  grille  of  Yi"  square  wrought  iron 
with  forged  terminals  against  door.  False 
hinges  of  1  W  x  \i”  wrought  iron  with  flat 
forged  scrolls  and  terminals,  fa"  nail  fasten¬ 
ings  throughout  with  hand  hammered  heads. 


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ORNAMENTAL 


ENTRANCES 


FOR 


SMALL 


HOMES 


Specifications : 

Frame:  %"  square  bar. 
Ornament:  %"  x  Yi" . 
Finish:  Painted  commercial. 


MOORE  METAL 
COLUMNS 

BY 

MOORE  METAL  MFG .  CO. 
SOUTH  GREENSBURG,  PA. 
ENTRANCE  TO  RESIDENCE  OF 

CRAIG  HILL 

GREENSBURG,  PA. 

BARTHOLOMEW  St  SMITH,  ARCHITECTS 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 


12. 


A  N 


ENTRANCE 


ORNAMENTAL 


IRON 


I  N 


OFFICE  BUILDING  ENTRANCE  IN 
CAST  IRON 

BY 

SOUTHERN  ORNAMENTAL  IRON  WORKS 
DALLAS,  TEXAS 

SANGER  THEATRE  BUILDING 
SHREVEPORT,  LA. 


Specifications : 

Frame  of  J.  G.  Braun  moulding  and  plate. 
Transom  bar,  rope  moulding  and  ornaments  on 
vertical  bars  of  cast  iron.  Vertical  bars 
square. 

Doors  of  2_ "  tubing;  Scrolls  14  "  x  y2" . 

Doors  and  transom  glazed  with  %"  plate  glass. 


DIGNITY 


AND 


PERMANENCE 


BRONZE 


I  N 


MAUSOLEUM  DOORS 
OF  WROUGHT  AND  CAST 
BRONZE 

BY 

DETROIT 

MAUSOLEUM  EQUIPMENT 
WORKS 

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN 


Specifications : 

Door  Opening:  4/  x  6'  S’'. 

Doors:  i  %"  in  thickness. 

Material:  U.  S.  Standard  Bronze. 

Built-up  Construction:  Outer 
sheet,  -£2"  thick;  inner  sheet,  Jg " 
thick.  Core  of  solid  bronze  bars. 

Grilles  of  heavy  cast  bronze  with 
hinged  glass  shutters  back  of  the 
grilles. 

Pivotal  type  hinges  hung  direct  to 
granite.  Bronze  threshold  and  lin¬ 
tel  bar. 

Draw  bolts,  top  and  bottom  on  left- 
hand  door,  with  heavy  all-bronze 
four-tumbler  dead  lock. 

Lion  head  ring  handles. 


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MAIN  ENTRANCE 

BY 

C.  W.  OLSON  MANUFACTURING  CO. 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MINN. 

FOR 

GRAND  RAPIDS  TRUST  BUILDING 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

SMITH,  HINCHMAN  &  CRYLLS,  ARCHITECTS 
OWEN,  AMES,  KIMBALL  CO.,  CONTRACTOR 


Specifications : 

Cast  iron  entrance  with  grilles  over  main  en¬ 
semble  3'  3  Vi"  high,  having  hinged  steel 
sash  glass.  Specially  built  according  to  spec¬ 
ifications  to  accommodate  the  width  and  the 
size  of  revolving  doors.  The  vertical  frame  or 
uprights  are  1  ?4  "  wide. 


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ORNAMENTAL  STAIRWAYS  RADIATE  HOSPITALITY 


WROUGHT  IRON  SPIRAL 
STAIR  AND  RAIL 

BY 

THE  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 
WORK  CO. 

AKRON,  O. 

FOR  RESIDENCE  OF 

EMIL  W.  HOSTER,  COLUMBUS,  O. 

R.  G.  HANFORD,  COLUMBUS,  O. 
ARCHITECT  AND  BUILDER 


Specifications : 

Face  Stringer  :  14  "  x  %  "  plate,  panel¬ 
ed  with  1  y?. "  x  34  "  bars.  No.  187  J. 
G.  Braun  moulding. 

W  all  Stringer  :  14  "\]A,  "  plate, with  z  * 
x  z"  x  J4  "  stiffeners  top  and  bottom. 

Horse  Angles:  i%"  x  i%"  x  J4* 
angles. 

Newel:  z"  square  bar. 

Rail:  Top  and  bottom  members  i}4" 
channels.  Scrolls  and  verticals 
square  bars.  Hand  forged  leaves. 

Ensemble  completely  hand  forged  with 
natural  iron  finish. 


THEATRE  INTERIORS  USE  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


STAIR  RAILING 

USING 

WROUGHT  IRON  ORNAMENTS 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

J.  G.  BRAUN 

NEW  YORK,  CHICAGO,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

HOLLYWOOD  PLAYHOUSE 

GOGERTY  &  WEYL 


Specifications . 

Particular  attention  is  called  to  the  application 
of  the  grotesque  heads  and  figures  in  the  stair 
railing,  especially  the  manner  in  which  these 
figures  flow  out  of  the  scroll  work  as  though 
growing  from  it.  Work  is  in  Swedish  iron, 
double  faced,  composed  of  right  and  left  orna¬ 
ments  welded  together.  Finish  is  hand-ham¬ 
mered. 


ARCHITECTS 


COMFORT 


AND 


I  N 


IRON 


LUXURY 


Specifications : 

Railing  all  undercut  and  was  cast  as  was  the 
starting  scroll  newel  by  the  lost  wax  process. 
Entire  job  modeled  and  cast  with  heavy  du¬ 
plex-electro-plated  finish. 


GRAND  STAIRWAY  OF  THE 
LOTOS  CLUB 

NEW  YORK  CITY 

ALL  ORNAMENTAL  IRON  WORK,  INCLUDING 
GRAND  STAIRWAY,  IN  CAST  IRON 
BY 

BROOKLYN  FOUNDRY  COMPANY 

ASTORIA,  NEW  YORK 
DONN  BARBER,  ARCHITECT 


18 


ORNAMENTAL 


HOMELIKE  STAIRWAYS 


STAIR  RAIL 

BY 

BARNES  WIRE  FENCE  CO. 
DETROIT,  MICHIGAN 
FOR 

C.  E.  REICHLE  CO. 


Specifications : 

Balustrade  Railing:  %"  and  y2"  square  iron. 
Scrolls:  y2"  x  x/i "  iron. 

Newel:  \  square,  twisted  iron. 

Cast  iron  sleeves  and  flanges. 

Plain  finish. 


T9 


A  DISTINCTIVE  ORNAMENTAL  RAILING 


RAILING 

BY 

ALBEE  GODFREY-WHALE  CREEK  CO. ,  INC. 

BROOKLYN,  N.  Y. 

LOBBY  OF  BOOK-CAD  ILL  AC  HOTEL 

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN 
LOUIS  KAMPER,  ARCHITECT 


Specifications : 

The  main  stairway  of  this  new  hotel  is  a  com¬ 
bination  of  cast  and  wrought  iron. 


2.0 


ORNAMENTAL 


SIMPLE,  HARMONIOUS 


WROUGHT  IRON  STAIR  RAIL 

BY 

KOEHLER  BROS. 

SAGINAW,  MICH. 


Specifications : 

Top  Bar  :  Of  Yi"  x  i  yC  hand  hammered  iron. 

Newel  :  Tapered  from  ih*  square  to  %  "  square. 

Spindles:  VC  square  alternate  straight  and 
twisted  with  standard  cast  iron  collars. 
Fastened  to  the  structural  stringer  of  the 
stairs  by  two  wood  screws.  Bottom  collar  is 
slipped  down  and  locked  in  position  with 
headless  set  screws.  Top  collars  held  in  posi¬ 
tion  by  wire  nail  used  as  a  dowel  pin. 

Hand  Rail:  Punched,  and  spindles  extend  near¬ 
ly  flush  with  top  and  then  welded  and  ham¬ 
mered  in  place. 


211 


CRAFTSMANSHIP  IN  IRON  AND  BRONZE 


MAIN  STAIRWAY 
RAILING 


BY 

JOHN  WATSON  &  SON,  LTD. 
MONTREAL,  CANADA 

CHATEAU  FRONTENAC. 


QUEBEC,  CANADA 
MAXWELL  Sc  LITTS,  ARCHITECTS 


Specifications : 

Vertical  bar  of  i  "xi  J4  "  wrought 
iron. 

Horizontal  bar  of  */i”  x  i%" 
wrought  iron. 

Fill-in  material  is  of  cast  iron 
but  every  third  casting  made 
of  bronze.  These  bronze  cast¬ 
ings  projected  through  lower 
cover  bar  into  marble  joints 
and  fastened  into  6" x  3  "heavy 
angle  frame  of  stairs. 

Marble  facia  in  two  pieces,  the 
outer  stringer  erected  first  then 
inside  facia  was  finished. 

Hand  rail  of  extruded  bronze 
moulded  and  of  size  t.%"  x  %  " . 
It  was  bent  in  sections  about 
8'  long,  fitted  into  place,  then 
welded  and  refinished. 


XX 


BANK  INTERIORS  IN  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


STAIRWAY 


STAIRWAYS  AND  CHECK  DESK 

BY 

SMITH  &  CAFFREY  CO. 
SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 

THIRD  NATIONAL  BANK 
SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 

A.  L.  BROCKWAY,  SYRACUSE,  V.  Y.,  ARCHITECT 


Posts:  3"  square  cast  iron,  paneled. 

Stringers:  %"  x  12."  steel  plate  with  cast  iron 
moulding,  top  and  bottom  inside  and  out¬ 
side. 

Risers:  Cast  iron  paneled. 

Treads:  i%"  marble. 

Rail:  Top  and  bottom  horizontal  members,  M* 
x  y%" ;  Intermediate  and  vertical,  Vi'  x  ; 
Scrolls  and  rings,  %"  x  Panels,  %"  x  . 
Wood  Rail:  Mahogany  2."  x  x." . 

Finish:  Rail  and  posts;  triple  bronze  plate; 

Risers  and  stringer;  painted  black. 

CHECK  DESK 

Frame:  i  x  1  y"  with  rings  and  panels  x 
%"  having  a  triple  bronze  plate  finish. 


2-3 


O  RNAMENTAL 


STAIR 


RAILING 


CAST  IRON  AND  BRONZE 
STAIR  AND  RAILING 


BY 

RICHMOND  &  KEMP 

PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

IN 

CITY  CENTER  BUILDING 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

ROUSE  &  GOLDSTONE,  ARCHITECTS 
IRWIN  &  LEIGHTON,  CONTRACTOR 


Specifications : 

Posts:  2."  square  cast  iron. 

Bars:  Y"  wrought  iron  bars  twisted  with  cast 
bronze  ornaments. 

Stringers:  z"  x  ii )4"  marble  to  top  of  bronze 
hand  rail. 

Newels:  Cast  iron  ornamented  on  all  sides. 

Rails:  Bronze  handrail  i%"  upon  ornamented 
cast  iron  rail  1 } 4". 


M 


ECONOMY 


AND 


SAFETY 


I  N 


STEEL 


STEEL  STAIRS 

BY 

THE  HUGHES-KEENAN  CO. 
MANSFIELD,  OHIO 
FOR 

THE  WALPARK  BUILDING 
MANSFIELD,  OHIO 

VERNON  REDDING  &  ASSOCIATES,  ARCHITECTS 
SIMON  SMALL  &  SONS,  BUILDERS 


Specifications : 

Wall  Strings  and  Platform:  A"  x  14"  plate  bent  to  11  Vi"  Zee  with  \\i"  x  i\i" 
x  angle  plaster  stop. 

Face  Strings  and  Fascias:  x  14"  plate  bent  to  11  V2"  Zee  with  drawn  steel 

moulding  on  face. 

Railing:  Y»"  square  bars  4"  on  center  and  x  1 "  horizontal  members  and  y2"xi" 
channel  top  and  bottom.  Ornaments  between  bars,  cast  iron. 

Newels:  Cast  iron,  4 "  x  4 "  shaft  and  4  y2"  x^y2”  base,  shaft  paneled  three  sides. 

2-5 


ECONOMY 


RIGIDITY  AND  RAPID  ERECTION 


BOIS  INTERLOCKING  STEEL 
STAIRS 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

E.  VAN  NOORDEN  CO. 

BOSTON,  MASS. 

NEWTONVILLE  (MASS.)  HIGH  SCHOOL 

HAVEN  &  HOYT,  BOSTON,  MASS.,  ARCHITECTS 

C.  S.  CUNNINGHAM  &  SONS  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 
BOSTON,  MASS. 


as  it  Interlocks 


Specifications ; 

Treads  and  Risers:  No.  iz  guage  type  A  pan 
tread. 

Stringers:  -ft"  pressed  steel  “Z”  section  with 
Julius  Blum  &  Co.,  No.  4153  steel  moulding 
under  top  flange  of  all  exposed  stringers  and 
facias. 

Tie  Rods:  Vi"  rod  with  cast  iron  rosettes  on  ex¬ 
posed  ends. 


Intermediate  Platforms:  Pressed  steel  Bois 
Anchor  Pan  type. 

Posts:  4"  square  steel  with  cast  iron  caps  and 
drops. 

Balustrade:  square  palings  spaced  4"  o.c. 

Top  Bar  punched  to  take  wood  hand  rail. 


SIMPLICITY, 


STRENGTH, 


UTILITY 


PRESTEEL  STAIRWAYS 

DESIGNED  AND  MANUFACTURED  BY 
WOODBRIDGE  ORNAMENTAL  IRON  CO. 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


Specifications : 

Stringers:  Of  Universal  Mill  plates  pressed 
into  the  shape  of  channels.  Size  depends  on 
length  of  treads  and  span  of  stringers. 

Treads  and  Risers:  Of  either  No.  it,  No.  14  or 
No.  16  gauge  blue  annealed  sheet  steel,  de¬ 
pending  upon  length  of  tread  and  the  safe 
load  required.  Treads  filled  with  cement  or 
Terrazzo. 

Newel  Posts:  Of  3"  square  pipe. 

Railings:  Of  Yi'  square  wrought  iron  bars  3" 
on  center. 

Top  and  bottom  members  made  of  1"  x  Y" 
channel  iron. 


2-7 


ORNAMENTAL 


GATES 


AND 


FENCE 


Specifications : 

All  material  is  of  wrought  iron,  hand  forged; 
hand  hammered  leaf  work  in  posts,  and  for 
the  post  finials  and  lanterns. 

Corners  of  Posts:  iH"  square  bars. 

Horizontals:  i^'x  VC  square  bars. 

Verticals:  square  bars. 

Posts:  15  ”  square. 

Gates:  ii'  6"  opening. 


ENTRANCE  GATES  AND  FENCE 

BY 

NORFOLK  IRON  COMPANY 
NORFOLK  DOWNS,  MASS. 

ESTATE  OF  JESSE  H.  METCALF 
PROVIDENCE,  RHODE  ISLAND 
PARKER,  THOMAS  &  RICE,  BOSTON,  MASS. 
ARCHITECTS 


ORNAMENTAL  WROUGHT  IRON  FENCE 


A  FENCE  IN  HARMONY  WITH  ITS 
SURROUNDINGS 

BY 

WESTERN  WIRE  AND  IRON  WORKS,  INC. 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

RESIDENCE  OF 

ERNEST  J.  KRUETGEN 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

AUGUST  C.  WILMANNS,  CHICAGO,  ARCHITECT 


Specifications: 

Pickets:  y%"  square  and  %"  x  W'  bars,  alter¬ 
nated  about  3  % i"  on  centers. 

Top  and  Intermediate  Rail:  i%"  x  Yi"  flat 
bars. 


Angle  Bottom  Rail:  z  x  z"  x  }4". 

Line  posts  are  flat  panel. 

Gate  posts  are  iz"  square  box  style. 

Bumpers  of  cast  iron,  integral  parts  of  gate 
posts. 


z9 


NAVY 


YARD 


ENTRANCE 


GATE 


Specifications : 

Wrought  Iron  throughout. 

Pedestrian  Gates:  7'  6"  wide  x  12/  high,  ex¬ 
clusive  of  arch. 

Frame  bars  z"  x  i%" ,  scrolls  1%''  x  *>/%" 
Pickets  ys"  square,  5  "  centers. 

Arch:  Circles,  2."  x  %" ;  Scrolls,  1  \i"  x  V%" ■ 

Wrought  iron  anchor  and  lamps.  The  lamps  are 
1'  8"  diameter,  and  4'  high. 

Driveway  gates  of  same  sizes,  2.4'  6"  in  width  x 
iz'  in  height. 


GATES  AND  FENCE 

BY 

FRANK  PETTIT  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 
WORKS 

PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 
PHILADELPHIA  NAVY  YARD 


30 


PRIVATE, 


SECURE, 


YET 


FRIENDLY 


WROUGHT  IRON  FENCE 

BY 

THE  STEWART  IRON  WORKS  COMPANY 
CINCINNATI,  OHIO 
RESIDENCE  OF 

GEORGE  P.  ABEL 
FISK  &  MAGINNIS,  ARCHITECTS 
LINCOLN,  NEBRASKA 


Specifications : 

Fence:  3'  4"  high  of  Ys"  square  pickets  spaced 
5  "  on  centers;  pickets  have  forged  points  and 
alternate  pickets  are  twisted. 

Rails:  ih'x  x/i'  flat. 

Scrolls:  Ys"  x  M " • 

Intermediate  Posts:  Y%"  x  i  Yi"  with  Y%"  back 
braces. 

Gates,  side  panels  and  arch  are  of  correspond¬ 
ing  sizes  and  material.  Gates  equipped  with 
Stewart’s  special  bronze  cylinder  lock  with 
bronze  handles  and  Julius  Blum  &  Co.’s 
heavy  steel  ball-bearing  hinges. 

Lamps  are  of  sheet  copper  with  wrought  iron 
scroll  base,  beveled  plate  glass  with  one 
panel  hinged. 


3 1 


CHARMING  ORNAMENTAL 


BALCONIES 


Specifications : 

Upright  bars  of  the  railing  %"  square,  drawn 
down  from  ?4  ”  square.  Top  and  bottom  rail 
of  i  W'  x  %"  flat  with  the  uprights  tenoned 
and  run  through  these  bars  and  riveted, 
i "  x  \i"  hand  oval  put  on  top. 

Hand  forged,  hand  hammered  and  finished  in 
linseed  oil,  later  painted  black. 


WROUGHT  IRON  BALCONY 

BY 

LOGAN  CO. 

LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

EL  VERNONA  HOTEL 

SARASOTA,  FLORIDA 

DWIGHT  JAMES  BAUM,  NEW  YORK  CITY,  ARCHITECT 


3X 


BALCONIES  IN  IRON  SHOW  CRAFTSMANSHIP 


WROUGHT  IRON  BALCONY 

BY 

THE  ROSE  IRON  WORKS 
CLEVELAND,  OHIO 
ON  THE  RESIDENCE  OF 

A.  C.  DUTTON 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 
CHESTER  N.  LOWE,  ARCHITECT 


Specifications : 

Floor:  M"  x  A",  i"  x  M",  i  M"  x 
i  "  angle.  Scrolls: 

Spindles:  fs"  square. 

Hand  Rail:  i"  x  xs" . 

Channel:  i  yC  x  %" . 

Brackets:  l"  x  ,  i"  x  ,  i "  x 
A",  x  M". 

Rosettes  hot  embossed  of  No.  14  iron. 

Completely  hand  hammered 
throughout  every  detail. 


33 


MODERN  ARCHITECTURE  USES  IRON 


Specifications : 

Type  of  Lupton  Copper  Steel  Residence  Case¬ 
ments. 

All  casements  side  hinged  except  where  used 
for  special  purposes. 

Standardized  as  to  manufacture  and  size. 

Specially  designed  hinge  so  that  when  open, 
easy  access  is  given  to  outside  of  glass  for 
cleaning.  Can  be  opened  to  any  degree  angle. 

All  hardware  of  malleable  iron  or  bronze. 

Note  the  judicious  use  of  ornamental  iron 
grilles  on  the  attic  windows  and  the  lovely 
effect  of  the  iron  balcony  over  the  door. 


WINDOW  CASEMENTS 

MANUFACTURED  AND  DESIGNED  EXCLUSIVELY  BY 

DAVID  LUPTOn’s  SONS  CO. 

PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

RESIDENCE  OF 

ROBERT  MC  KNIGHT  PARDEE 

ATLANTA,  GA. 

BURGE  &  STEPHENS,  ARCHITECTS 


34 


ORNAMENTAL  ANTIQUES  OF  THE  FUTURE 


WROUGHT  IRON  BAPTISTRY 
GATES 

BY 

FAUCHER-MAC  MURRAY,  INC. 

ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

SACRED  HEART  CHURCH 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

CHARLES  H.  PRINDEVILLE,  CHICAGO,  ARCHITECT 


Specifications : 

The  heavy  member  line  representing  a  cross 
made  in  %"  x  i."  iron. 

•  All  scrolls  and  rings  )i"  x  %" . 

Leaves  of  forged  wrought  iron. 

Finish  :  Antique  rusted  iron. 


35 


AN  ENTRANCE  IN  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


Specifications : 

Hand  hammered  iron  throughout. 
Pickets:  square. 

Scrolls:  Yi"  x  i\i" . 


ENTRANCE  GRILLE 

BY 

THEWM.  F.  REMPPISCO.,  INC. 

READING,  PA. 

BERNADINE  SISTERS  CONVENT 


36 


ORNAMENTAL  IRON  GIVES  INDIVIDUALITY 


WROUGHT  IRON  GRILLE  AND 
MARQUISE 

BY 

ROGERS-SCHMITT  WIRE  AND  IRON  CO. 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

HERZ  CANDY  STORE 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

EWALD  &  ALLEN,  ST.  LOUIS 
ARCHITECTS 


Specifications : 

Completely  hand-hammered  wrought  iron 
grille  and  marquise.  This  store  front  was 
originally  one  of  twenty  in  a  row  all  exactly 
alike.  Owners  of  building  would  not  permit 
shop  to  be  altered  so  the  architects  realizing 
the  possibilities  of  ornamental  iron  consulted 
with  iron  craftsmen  with  the  distinctive  re¬ 
sult  as  shown.  The  grille  on  forepart  of  the 
marquise  in  front  of  the  Gothic  detail  of  the 
shop  permits  a  complete  change  in  the  ar¬ 
chitectural  design. 


37 


ORNAMENTAL  BANK 


INTERIOR 


IRON 


I  N 


Specifications : 

Combination  of  wrought  and  cast  iron  rusted 
with  acid  fumes  and  some  parts  polychromed 
and  the  whole  piece  waxed. 

Finished  with  addition  of  small  bronze  frame 
around  open  spaces  wicket  and  glass  panels. 


BANK  COUNTER  SCREEN 

BY 

FEDERAL  ORNAMENTAL  IRON  AND 
BRONZE  CO. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 

MAIN  OFFICE,  BANK  OF  ITALY 


38 


NATIONAL  TRUST  AND  SAVINGS  ASSN. 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 

BLISS  &  FAIRWEATHER,  ARCHITECTS 


C  RAFTSMANSHIP 


A 


HERITAGE 


WROUGHT  IRON 
GRILLE 

FROM 

ST.  TRINIDAD  CHURCH 

FLORENCE,  ITALY 
A  SPLENDID  EXAMPLE  OF 
THE  FINE  WORK 
PRODUCED 

BY  ITALIAN  CRAFTSMEN  OF 
XVI  CENTURY 


This  illustration  is  taken 
from  one  of  the  books  in 
the  library  maintained  by 
Julius  Blum  &  Co.,  New 
York,N.  Y.,and  recently 
donated  to  the  National 
Association  Ornamental 
Iron  and  Bronze  Manufac¬ 
turers.  Architects,  crafts¬ 
men,  builders,  contractors 
and  the  general  public  are 
cordially  invited  to  make 
use  of  this  library  at  532.- 
540  West  Lind  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Julius  Blum  &  Co.  supply 
such  materials  as  wrought 
iron  and  bronze  mould¬ 
ings,  forged  pickets,  ros¬ 
ettes,  leaves,  flowers,  or¬ 
namental  nails  and  hard¬ 
ware  to  American  crafts¬ 
men. 


39 


A  NOVEL  EFFECT  IN  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


Specifications : 

Arch  made  of  i"  square  steel  bars  with  two  oc¬ 
tagon  steel  grilles  over  lights  of  glass  in 
doors  of  Vi'  x  round  edge  steel  members. 


A  PLEASING  GARAGE  ENTRANCE 

BY 

INDUSTRIAL  WIRE  AND  METAL  WORKS 
NEWARK,  N.  J. 

PRIVATE  GARAGE  OF 
E.  W.  BLAKELY,  M.  D. 

ORANGE,  N.  J. 

C.  L.  ROOS,  ORANGE,  N.  J.,  ARCHITECT 


4° 


ORNAMENTAL  VALUE  IN  RADIATOR  GRILLES 


CAST  BRONZE  GRILLE 

BY 

USONA  MFG.  CO. 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

ONE  OF  TWELVE  RADIATOR  GRILLES  IN 
MASONIC  TEMPLE 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

EAMES  &  YOUNG,  ARCHITECTS,  ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


Specifications : 

Cast  bronze  with  polished  bronze  finish.  High¬ 
ly  ornate  so  as  to  fit  into  the  general  archi¬ 
tectural  scheme  of  the  main  lobby. 


41 


DIGNIFIED  STORE  FRONT 


IN  IRON 


Specifications : 

Fully  ventilated  cast  iron  front.  Arch  panels, 
cornice  and  creshing  from  stock  patterns. 
Sill  bar  No.  6A,  transom  bar  No.  a,  side  bar 
No.  i,  division  bar  No.  a,  corner  bar  No.  9, 
rope  pattern  facing.  All  from  stock.  Facia  all 
fastened  with  brass  screws. 


STORE  FRONT  IN  CAST  IRON 

BY 

GARBE  IRON  WORKS 

AURORA,  ILL. 

FOR 

THE  BERNSTEIN  BUILDING 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

RISSMAN  &  HIRSHFELD,  ARCHITECTS,  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


4Z 


CAST  IRON  FRONTS  AN  AID  TO  SALES 


CAST  IRON  STORE  FRONT 

BY 

WESTERN  ARCHITECTURAL  IRON  CO. 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

STRAUS  &  SCHRAM  BUILDING 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

A.  EPSTEIN,  ARCHITECT 
L.  BALKIN, BUILDER 


Specifications : 

One  of  a  group  of  store  fronts  constructed  en¬ 
tirely  of  cast  iron  for  this  building  upon  order 
according  to  specifications  peculiar  to  each 
individual  shop. 


43 


ARCHITECTURAL  BEAUTY  IN  CAST  IRON 


CAST  IRON  WINDOWS 

BY 

SMYSER-ROYER  COMPANY 

PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

FIDELITY  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  BUILDING 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

ZANTZINGER,  BORIE  &  MEDARY,  ARCHITECTS 
TURNER  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY,  BUILDERS 
ORNAMENTATION  MODELED  BY  LEE  LAWRIE,  NEW  YORK,  SCULPTOR 


Specifications : 


Entire  opening  formed  of  cast  iron  frame  sec¬ 
tions  with  ornamental  panels,  the  sash  of 
steel.  No  joints  nor  screw  heads  showing. 
Joints  in  large  ornamental  members  covered 
by  rosettes,  joints  in  window  frame  sections 
all  machined  and  sections  held  together  by 
rods  inside  each  section.  Frame  painted  a 
dark  blue  and  the  important  members  cov¬ 


ered  with  gold  leaf.  Lower  panels  represent 
Twelve  Labors  of  Man  and  upper  panels  the 
Seven  Ages  of  Man. 

Open  work  grilles  on  the  outside  of  the  arch 
jamb  also  of  cast  iron,  painted  white  to 
imitate  stone.  To  the  right  are  shown  the  in¬ 
dividual  window  frames  of  cast  iron  with 
steel  sash. 


44 


ORNAMENTAL 


IRON 


THE 


HOME 


I  N 


RESIDENCE  INTERIOR 

BY 

A.  H.  MARTY  IRON  WORKS 
CLEVELAND,  OHIO 
HOME  OF 

W.  S.  FERGUSON 
OF 

W.  S.  FERGUSON  CO.,  ARCHITECTS  AND  ENGINEERS 
CLEVELAND,  OHIO 
DESIGNED  ENTIRELY  BY  OWNER 


Specifications : 

Console  table  of  massive  type,  main  members  of  approximately  %  "  square  hand- 
forged  iron.  These  members  vary  considerably  in  size  and  shape. 

Basket  in  the  fireplace  made  of  i  flat  bars.  Andirons  are  forged  of  a  heavy 

bar  with  scrolls  welded  on. 

Shield  of  Vs"  plate  cut  and  formed  to  design,  ornamented  with  bronze  rosettes  and 
forged  shield  riveted  to  plate. 

Shovel,  poker,  fork  and  tongs  all  of  hand-worked  iron. 


45 


STORE  INTERIOR  IN  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


Specifications : 


WROUGHT  IRON  RAILING 

BY 


Unusual  rail  of  continuing  panels,  all  hand- 
forged  with  y8"  square  twisted  framing. 
Decorative  members,  consisting  of  hand- 
forged  leaves  and  hammered  flats  are  artisti¬ 
cally  furnished  in  subdued  gilt  and  toned 
colors. 


REILING  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

reymer's  CHOCOLATE  CO. 

PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

E.  B.  LEE,  PITTSBURGH,  ARCHITECT 


46 


ORNAMENTAL  IRON  THAT  CHARMS 


FLOWER  SHOP  INTERIOR 

DESIGNED  AND  EXECUTED  BY 
KOEBER  &  MEDESY 
CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Specifications : 

Interiors  such  as  these  are  the  work  of  master  craftsmen.  The  different 
ornamental  members  are  all  hand-hammered  and  finished  in  natural 
color  with  steel  brushing,  treated  with  boiled  linseed  oil  to  prevent 
rusting. 

Stair  rails  have  yC  square  spindles  leaded  in  stone  steps. 

Scroll  work  of  yC  x  ■&"  flat. 

Newel  posts  i  Yi"  square. 


47 


ORNAMENTAL 


FIREPLACES 


Specifications : 

"Buffalo"  Fire  Fenders  are  constructed  of  6"  x 
6"  mesh  No.  zi  W.  and  M.  gauge  steel  wire 
cloth,  %"  x  ys"  flat  iron  frame. 

Finished  dead  black. 

Screens  are  also  constructed  in  brass. 


FIRE  SCREEN  AND  FENDER 

BY 


BUFFALO  WIRE  WORKS  CO.,  INC. 
BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 

BUFFALO  ATHLETIC  CLUB 


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THE  FIRE  WORSHIPPERS 

FIRE  SCREEN  DESIGNED  AND  WROUGHT 
ENTIRELY  BY  HAND  BY 
THE  COLUMBUS  WIRE  AND 
IRON  WORKS  CO. 

COLUMBUS,  OHIO 


Specifications  : 

The  figures  are  in  bas-relief  hammered  by  hand 
out  of  iron  plates.  The  braces  and  standards 
are  hand-wrought  to  represent  serpents. 


49 


INSPIRATIONS  IN  ORNAMENTAL  IRON  FURNITURE 


Specifications : 


ORNATE  TABLE 

DESIGNED  AND  EXECUTED  BY 


Furniture  such  as  this  beautiful  table,  of  all- 
forged  iron,  cannot  be  adequately  described 
in  measurements  or  dimensions.  The  skill  and 
experience  of  a  master  craftsman  who  thinks 
in  iron  are  the  requisites  for  such  inspirations 
in  the  interior  of  the  home. 


JOHNSON-MEIR  COMPANY 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


5° 


DISTINCTIVE  ORNAMENTAL  CRAFTSMANSHIP 


WROUGHT  IRON  WOOD  BOX 

DESIGNED  AND  EXECUTED  BY 

MOYNAHAN  &  DUCHENE,  INC. 

DETROIT,  MICH. 

FOR  RESIDENCE  OF 
ROBERT  A.  WARRINER 
SEWANEE,  TENN. 


Specifi  cations : 

Manufactured  entirely  of  hand-wrought  iron 
Further  details  are  not  necessary  as  such  ad 
juncts  to  the  fireplace  are  peculiar  to  the  gen 
eral  scheme  and  design  of  the  room  ensemble 


5 1 


LIGHTING  FIXTURES  IN  ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


LANTERN 

BY 

ORNAMENTAL  WIRE  AND  IRON  CO. 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

DESIGNED  AND  EXECUTED  BY  THIS  MEMBER 


Specifications : 

Bracket:  x"  x  %"  flat  with  x"  square  mesh  by 
%"  round. 

Lamp:  In  a  i  yC  x  i  W'  x  %"  angle  to  support 
mesh  work. 

Lion:  No.  xo  stub  gauge  copper,  finished  in 
black. 


51 


EVERLASTING  TIME  IN  EVERLASTING  METAL 


BRONZE  CLOCK 

FABRICATED  BY 

THE  NEWMAN  MANUFACTURING  CO. 
CINCINNATI,  OHIO 
ATLAS  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO. 

TULSA,  OKLA. 

RUSH,  ENDACOTT  AND  RUSH,  ARCHITECTS 


Specifications : 

Solid  cast  panel,  beautifully  hand-chased. 
Hands  and  numerals  also  cast  bronze. 

Face  is  frosted  glass. 

Can  be  an  independent  pendulum-type  move¬ 
ment  or  secondary-type  movement  oper¬ 
ating  from  master  clock. 


53 


USEFUL 


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WELL 


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ORNAMENTAL 


Specifications : 

Entirely  of  wrought  iron  according  to  details 
and  specifications.  Imbedded  in  concrete 
coping. 


LOAFERS  RAIL 

BY 

THE  FEDERAL  IRON  WORKS  CO. 
YOUNGSTOWN,  OHIO 


54 


ORNAMENTAL  AND  EVERLASTING  MEMORIALS 


MEMORIAL  PIECE 

DESIGNED  AND  MANUFACTURED  BY 

THE  A.  L.  SMITH  IRON  WORKS 

CHELSEA,  MASS. 


Specifications : 

All  parts  are  hand-forged  wrought  iron.  The 
name  plate  is  forged  and  carved  from  one 
piece  of  wrought  iron  plate. 


55 


ELEVATOR 


FRONTS 


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BRONZE 


NINETY-EIGHT  SETS  OF 
ELEVATOR  DOORS  FOR 
ELEVEN  ELEVATORS 

BY 

HAVEN-BUSCH  CO. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

herpolsheimer’s 

DEPARTMENT 

STORE 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 
ROBINSON  &  CAMPAN,  ARCHITECTS 


Specifications : 

Two  speed  center  opening  doors  having  as  large 
a  door  opening  as  possible  working  in  one 
and  one-quarter  seconds  for  opening  and 
closing.  Accomplished  by  the  four  panel 
fronts  full  automatic  opening,  pneumatically 
operated.  Interlocking  safety  system  which 
prevents  operation  of  car  unless  fully  closed. 

Fronts  finished  in  a  stippled  bronze  baked  on 
enamel. 


56 


ORNAMENTAL  BRONZE  FOR  PERMANENCE 


BRONZE  ELEVATOR  FRONTS 


BY 


THE  TYLER  COMPANY 
CLEVELAND,  OHIO 
NIELS  ESPERSON  BUILDING 
HOUSTON,  TEXAS 

JOHN  EBERSON,  CHICAGO,  ILL.,  ARCHITECT 


Specifications : 

This  outstanding  building  is  noted  for  the  un¬ 
usual  quantity  of  elaborate  architectural 
bronze  work. 

Twelve  bronze  elevator  fronts  were  installed  on 
the  first  and  second  floors.  They  are  of  cast 
bronze,  in  color  approaching  natural  gold. 
The  other  floors  had  elevator  entrances  in 
steel  of  a  solid  panel  construction,  finished  in 
hand-grained  walnut  with  bronze  coat-of- 
arms  in  the  upper  section  of  the  panels. 


57 


PROTECTION  ASSURED  YET  ORNAMENTAL 


Specifications : 

Cast  bronze  work  throughout. 

Large  circular  piece  in  center  of  wicket  is  the 
speaking  fixture. 

Wicket  just  below  is  arranged  to  swing  with 
latch  for  locking. 

Deal  tray  is  saucer  type  and  open,  but  designed 
so  that  it  is  impossible  to  shoot  through  it 
from  any  angle. 

Both  sides  of  wicket  have  patented  gunports 
which  permit  teller  to  shoot  in  any  direction. 

Glass  used  is  three-layer  laminated  plate  glass 
as  used  by  United  States  Navy. 


BRONZE  BULLET-PROOF 
PARTITIONS  AND  COUNTER  FRONT 

BY 

ACME  WIRE  AND  IRON  WORKS 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

BRONZE  BY 

ELLISON  BRONZE  CO.,  INC. 

JAMESTOWN  N.  Y. 

WAYNE  COUNTY,  MICH.,  TREASURER  S  OFFICE 
AARON  GOULD  AND  SON,  DETROIT,  ARCHITECTS 


58 


ORNAMENTAL 


STRONG 


USEFUL 


CONTINUOUS  TAPER  WELDED 
STEEL  FLAG  POLE 

BY 

THE  POLE  AND  TUBE  WORKS,  INC. 
NEWARK,  N.  J. 

PLAINFIELD,  N.  J.,  WAR  MEMORIAL 
HELMLE  &  CORBETT,  ARCHITECTS 


Specifications : 

8c/  above  grade. 

i6'  butt. 

5'  tip. 

Seamless,  watertight- joint,  tapering  steel. 

The  visible  pole  is  “field  jointed”  into  a 
“socket  tube"  of  next  larger  size  pipe  and 
imbedded  in  concrete  foundation  below 
grade. 

Ornamental  bronze  pedestal. 

Entire  pole  of  standard  wrought  steel  pipe. 


59 


ORNAMENTAL  IRON  HAS  MANY  USES 


Specifications : 

Balcony  over  Main  Entrance:  4'  10%"  wide 
x  z  6"  high  x  1'  6"  deep. 

Braces:  i '  9". 

Top  and  Bottom  Rails:  z"  x  Yi"  wrought  iron. 

Vertical  Bars:  Y%"  square  wrought  iron;  spac¬ 
ing  between  bars,  6". 

Scrolls:  z"  x  and  z"  x  Y"  ■ 

Balconies  on  Second  Story  Windows: 
wide  x  i7  9"  high  x8"  deep.  Braces  i7. 

Grille  (left  of  main  entrance):  4'  Yi"  high  x 
z'  3  Yi"  wide. 

Grille  (over  chimney):  z  11"  high  x  z'  wide. 

Hand  wrought  iron  throughout. 


RAILING,  BALCONIES,  GRILLES 
AND  MARQUISE  IN  WROUGHT 
IRON 

BY 

J.  B.  KLEIN  IRON  AND  FOUNDRY  CO. 

OKLAHOMA  CITY,  OKLA. 


60 


WIRE  WORK  WHERE  SAFETY  IS  A  NECESSITY 


Specifications: 

Made  of  i }  2"  square  mesh  Fs "  square  steel 
wire,  pressed  crimp. 

x  "  channel  frame. 

Finished  dull  nickel. 


SECTION  OF  THE  CAGE  WORK 

BY 

THE  WHITE  WIRE  WORKS  CO. 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

AS  USED  IN  THE 

NATIONAL  BANK  OF  ROCHESTER 
J.  FOSTER  WARNER,  ARCHITECT 


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BY 

AUDUBON  WIRE  CLOTH  CO.,  INC. 

AUDUBON,  N.  J. 

CHESTER  NATIONAL  BANK 

Specifi  cations :  CHESTER’ PA- 

1  Yi"  square  mesh,  A"  No.  17  flat  ribbon  wire  in 
a  1"  x  yC  x  ys"  heavy  section  of  steel  frame 
construction. 

1  VC  x  1  VC  square  tubing  at  top,  center  and 
bottom. 

Square  tubing  post. 

Floor  shoes  are  bronze. 

Bronze  sliding  door  locks  used. 

Finished  in  polished  bronze. 


PRACTICAL  SAFETY  IN  IRON  AND  WIRE 


SCREENED  TOWER  ESCAPE 

BY 


ECONOMIC  IRON  WORKS,  INC. 

UTICA,  N.  Y. 

HIGH  SCHOOL  BUILDING 


Specifications : 

This  tower  fabricated  of  4"  x  4"  angle  columns 
on  concrete  foundations  with  two  3  "  channel 
interior  columns  between  stairs. 

xYi'  x  T-Yi'  x  \i"  angle  braces  and  floor  sup¬ 
ports. 

Flooring  and  treads  of  %”  x  1  Yi"  bars  with 
1  Yt"  x  1  Yi'  x  14"  angle  nosing. 

Stringers  Y±"  x  8"  plate,  Handrails  of  1  H"  pipe. 

Enclosed  to  a  height  of  5'  in  1  Yi'  iron  mesh. 

Built  in  compliance  with  regulations  of  State  of 
New  York  Board  of  Education. 


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5 '  wide  x  9'  high.  The  entire  cage  is  made  of  1 " 
mesh  No.  11  wire,  nine  inches  wide. 


Wire  can  be  furnished 
in  any  width  of  doth 
from  1"  to  9"  wide 
and  in  all  sizes  of 
wire  mesh  from  Yi"  to 
6".  Cloth  is  much 
more  uniform  than 
hand-woven  cloth. 


WIRE  CAGE  AS  A  GUARD  AND  FOR 
PROTECTION 

BY 

GEHRET  CO. ,  INC. 

BRIDGEPORT,  MONTGOMERY  CO.,  PA. 
MANUFACTURERS  OF  MESH  WIRE  WEAVING 
MACHINERY  AND  WIRE  CLOTH 
ACCOMPANYING  CUT  IS  OF  }'2 "  WIRE  MESH,  AN 
INNOVATION  IN  THE  WIRE 
WEAVING  INDUSTRY 


64 


PROTECTION 


FROM 


TRESPASSING 


WIRE  MESH  STAIRWAY  GUARDS 

BY 

ACORN  WIRE  AND  IRON  WORKS 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


Specifications : 

Made  of  No.  10  wire,  i  1  ■>"  diamond  mesh  with 
i"  x  } 2 "  channel  steel  framing. 

Door  is  fitted  with  heavy  brass  cylinder  lock 
operating  with  key  from  outside  and  knob 
from  inside,  which  permits  of  ready  exit  in 
case  of  tire. 


65 


AN  ANCIENT  AND  HONORABLE  GUILD 


ALL  the  illustrations  in  this  book  are 
r\  from  work  produced  by  members  of 
the  National  Association  of  Orna¬ 
mental  Iron  and  Bronze  Manufacturers.  Ol 
course  no  small  volume  such  as  this  could 
possibly  show  the  complete  range  of  ver¬ 
satility  of  these  metals — and  the  speci¬ 
mens  here  shown  are  intended  to  be  merely 
suggestive  of  the  wide  range  of  usefulness 
of  iron  and  bronze  in  modern  building. 

The  complete  list  of  members  of  this  As¬ 
sociation  follows.  Each  is  a  craftsman  in 
his  line.  Each  has  a  willingness  to  serve 


vou.  There  is  a  member  near  you,  readv  to 
work  with  you,  to  offer  suggestions  both 
as  to  design  and  construction.  Use  him 
freely — you  will  find  it  helpful. 

As  an  Association  our  desire  is  also  to 
serve.  Headquarters  invites  you  to  put 
your  problems  in  ornamental  iron,  wire 
and  bronze  up  to  it.  It  is  our  intention  that 
this  shall  be  the  first  of  a  series  of  booklets 
portraying  the  work  of  our  industry.  We 
invite  your  criticisms  and  suggestions  to 
the  end  that  the  future  books  may  be  of  the 
maximum  of  service  to  you. 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS 


CALIFORNIA 

Braun  Steeple  Co., 

1088  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco 

Federal  Ornamental  Iron  &  Bronze  Co., 
1890  Sixteenth  St.,  San  Francisco 

Friedman,  Philip,  &  Son,  Inc., 

5000  Pacific  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles 
Michel  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

1415  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco 

Sartorius  Company,  Inc., 

1530  Eighteenth  St.,  San  Francisco 

CONNECTICUT 

Adlerhurst,  The,  Iron  Co.,  West  Haven 
Atlas  Iron  Works,  Inc.,  Bridgeport 
Clinton  Iron  Works,  Hartford 
Leake  &  Nelson,  The,  Co.,  Inc.,  Bridgeport 
McCathron  Boiler  Works  Co.,  Bridgeport 
McDermott,  F.  L.,  Iron  Works,  Inc., 
172.-176  Forbes  Ave.,  New  Haven 

National  Iron  Works,  Inc.,  Hartford 
Riley  Iron  Works,  Meriden 
Standard,  The,  Iron  Works  Co.,  Inc., 

1  and  3  Lawrence,  New  Haven 
Waterbury,  The,  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

Porter  St.,  Waterbury 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

Columbian  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

1401  und  St.,  S.  E.,  Washington 
District  Ornamental  Iron  Works, 

49  K.  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington 

Gichner,  Fred.  S., 

1114-1x16  D.  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington 

Jorss,  A.  F.,  Iron  Works, 

3 1 3-3 15-317  13th  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington 

Washington  Stair  &  Ornamental  Iron  Wks. 
1014  Fifth  St.,  N.  E.,  Washington 

FLORIDA 

Nobis,  Carl,  Miami 
1035-39  N.  W.  Miami  Court, 

Pinellas  Machine  Co.,  Inc., 

838  3rd  St.,  So.,  St.  Petersburg 


ILLINOIS 

Acorn  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

5911-5918  Lowe  Ave.,  Chicago 

Aetna-Columbia,  The,  Co., 

4511-4517  W.  Lake  St.,  Chicago 

American  Iron  &  Wire  Works, 

1611-18  Carroll  Ave.,  Chicago 

Angert  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

6014-31  Grove  Ave.,  Chicago 

Armstrong-Blum  Mfg.  Co., 

333  N.  Francisco  Ave.,  Chicago 
Atlas  Iron  Works, 

351-59  West  59th  St.,  Chicago 
Baldwin,  The,  Brass  Works, 

407-413  So.  Clinton  St.,  Chicago 
Braun,  J.  G., 

609-615  So.  Paulina  St.,  Chicago  and 
537-541  W.  35th  St.,  New  York 
Central  Architectural  Iron  Works, 
3101-3111  West  17th  St.,  Chicago 
Central  Iron  Works,  Rockford 
Central  Ornamental  Iron  Works, 

157-161  Wendell  St.,  Chicago 
Chicago  Architectural  Bronze  Co., 

4740  North  Clark  St.,  Chicago 
Chicago,  The,  Wire,  Iron  &  Brass  Works, 
1411-1413  Belmont  Ave.,  Chicago 
Crex  Patent  Column  Co., 

1300-1310  So.  Springfield  Ave.,  Chicago 
Duffin  Iron  Co., 

4837-55  So.  Kedzie  Ave.,  Chicago 
Eggers-Schillo  Co., 

364  North  Harding  Ave.,  Chicago 
Enos  Fire  Escape  Co., 

510-514  North  Sangamon  St.,  Chicago 
Garbe  Iron  Works,  Aurora 
Guaranty  Iron  &  Steel  Co., 

3849-63  West  Lake  St.,  Chicago 
Illinois  Bronze  &  Iron  Works, 

917-919  South  Keeler  Ave.,  Chicago 
Johnson-Meier  Co., 

155-157  Wendell  St.,  Chicago 
Klemp,  The  William  F.,  Co., 

6614-38  South  Melvina  Ave.,  Chicago 

66 


Korber,  William  J.,  &  Co., 

167-171  North  California  Ave.,  Chicago 
Majestic  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

559-561  West  Fulton  St.,  Chicago 
Milles,  C.  H.,  Foundry  Co., 

1101-1115  West  35th  St.,  Chicago 

Paltridge,  The,  Metal  Equipment  Co. 

341  North  Crawford  Ave.,  Chicago 
Richards  &  Kelly  Mfg.  Co., 

309-311  West  13rd  St.,  Chicago 

Richards-Wilcox  Mfg.  Co.,  Aurora 

Scaar,  Frank  &  Co., 

1041-1048  West  nth  St.,  Chicago 
Simpson-Frisch  Co., 

1401-1413  Wabansia  Ave.,  Chicago 
Smith,  F.  P.,  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

1340  to  1348  Clybourn  Ave.,  Chicago 
Sullivan-Korber  Co., 

1910-16  Carroll  Ave.,  Chicago 
Tressing,  E.,  &  Co., 

166-168  West  Lake  St.,  Chicago 
United  Ornamental  Iron  Works, 

165  Wacker  Drive,  Chicago 
United  States  Fire  Escape  Co., 

13-15  South  Western  Ave.,  Chicago 
Western  Architectural  Iron  Co., 

111-133  West  Schiller  St.,  Chicago 
Western  Wire  &  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

947-949  West  18th  Place,  Chicago 
Wetzel  Iron  Works, 

3345-69  West  Grand  Ave.,  Chicago 
Weymer,  E.  M.,  Co., 

1810  West  Grand  Ave.,  Chicago 
Woodbridge  Ornamental  Iron  Co., 

1515  Altgeld  St.,  Chicago 
Wright,  G.  F.,  Steel  &  Wire  Co., 

13  West  Ohio  St.,  Chicago 

INDIANA 

Central  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

1 19-113  West  Norwood  St.,  Indianapolis 
Hoosier  Steel  &  Wire  Co., 

958  West  New  York  St.,  Indianapolis 

Kokomo  Steel  &  Wire  Co.,  Kokomo 


LIST 


Metal  Door  &  Trim  Co.,  La  Porte 
Roch,  T.,  Iron  Works, 

600  Dorman  St.,  Indianapolis 
Seybold  Wire  &  Iron  Works,  South  Bend 
Steele,  W.  W.,  Wire  &  Iron  Wks.,  LaFayette 

IOWA 

Wagner  Manufacturing  Co.,  Cedar  Falls 
KENTUCKY 

Champion  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

417  South  Clay  St.,  Louisville 
Kentucky  Metal  Products  Co.,  Inc., 

1714  W.  Burnett  Ave.,  Louisville 
Logan  Co.,  Inc., 

102.5  to  I2-5I  Franklin  St.,  Louisville 
MARYLAND 

Duvinage  Spiral  Stair  Co., 

1100-12.08  Bush  St.,  Baltimore 
Jones,  L.  E.,  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

311  North  Calvert  St.,  Baltimore 
McNeill,  The,  Orn.  Iron  &  Const.  Co., 

460  East  Cross  St.,  Baltimore 
Vaile  &  Young, 

Ridgely  and  Bush  Sts.,  Baltimore 
MASSACHUSETTS 

American  Architectural  Iron  Works, 
m-151  Liverpool  St.,  East  Boston 
Babcock-Davis  Corp., 

474  Dorchester  Ave.,  Boston 
Boston  Ornamental  Iron  &  Bronze  Co., 

12.  Franklin  St.,  Dorchester 
Bravton-Wilson-Cole  Corp., 

163  Northampton  St.,  Boston 
Builders’  Iron  &  Steel  Co.,  Everett 
Burtman  Ornamental  Iron  Works, 

91-97  Heath  St.,  Boston 
Con way-Cannon  Co., 

3 11  Atlantic  Ave.,  11  Storer  St.,  Boston 
Eastern  Bridge  &  Structural  Co.,  Worcester 
Groisser  &  Shlager  Iron  Wks.,  Somerville 
Haarmann,  G.,  Co.,  Inc.,  Holyoke 
Knowlton  Iron  Works  Co.,  Everett 
Koralewsky,  Gustav  L.,  Co., 

9-15  Dunbar  Ave.,  Dorchester,  Boston 
Lally  Column  Co.,  Cambridge  “39” 
Norfolk  Iron  Co.,  Norfolk  Downs 
Parker  Bros.  Iron  Co., 

363  Dorchester  Ave.,  South  Boston 
Progressive  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

150  4th  St.,  Chelsea 
Quincy  Ornamental  Iron  Works, 

161  A.  St.,  South  Boston 
Rice  &.  Co.,  Inc.,  Lowell 
Ryan,  E.  T.,  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

9-15  Braintree  St.,  Allston  Sta.,  Boston 
Smith,  The  A.  L.,  Iron  Works, 

117-133  Everett  Ave.,  Chelsea 
Smith  &  Lovett  Co., 

13 1  to  141  Tyler  St.,  Boston 
Standard  Steel  &  Iron  Works,  Watertown 
Taylor,  E.  B.,  Steel  Co.,  Cambridge  39 
Van  Noorden,  E.,  Co., 

100  Magazine  St.,  Boston 


OF  ME 


West  End  Iron  Works,  Cambridge 
Wilson,  A.  O.,  Structural  Co.,  Cambridge 

MICHIGAN 

Abbey-Scherer,  The,  Co., 

11310  Cloverdale  Ave.,  Detroit 
Acme  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

11340  Cloverdale  Ave.,  Detroit 
Barnes  Wire  Fence  Co., 

10371  Northlawn  Ave.,  Detroit 
Barnum,  E.  T.,  Iron  &  Wire  Works, 

511  Cass  Ave.,  Detroit 
Detroit  Mausoleum  Equipment  Works, 
14th  Ave.  and  Baker  St.,  Detroit 
Haven-Busch  Co.,  Grand  Rapids 

H.  &  S.  Ornamental  Iron  &  Wire  Works, 
996  Maple  St.,  Detroit 

Inglis,  Wm.,  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

960  Harper  Ave.,  Detroit 
Koehler  Bros.,  Saginaw 
McCoy,  The,  Bronze  Co., 

Forsythe  and  Holden,  Detroit 
Movnahan  &  Duchene,  Inc., 

1658  to  1661  Porter  St.,  Detroit 
Phoenix,  The,  Wire  Works 
Kirby  and  Dequendre,  Detroit 
Quality  Fence  &  Wire  Co., 

1715  Chene  St.,  Detroit 
Weigel-Brown  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

1175  Bellevue  Ave.,  Detroit 
Witzel  Fence  &  Wire  Works, 

1500  Meldrum  Ave.,  Detroit 
Wolverine  Iron  Works, 

6781  Goldsmith,  Detroit 

MINNESOTA 
Olson,  C.  W.,  Mfg.,  Co., 

1314  Quincy  St.,  N.  E.,  Minneapolis 

MISSOURI 

Builders,  The,  Iron  Work  Co., 

309  Dorcas  St.,  St.  Louis 
Central  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

305  to  309  Gratiot  St.,  St.  Louis 
Heuler  Wire  &  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

1906  East  18th  St.,  Kansas  City 
Lasar  Mfg.  Co., 

16th  and  O'Fallon,  St.  Louis 
Mechanics  Iron  Works, 

618-31  Edmund  Ave.,  St.  Louis 
Mississippi  Valley  Structural  Steel  Co., 
3117  Big  Bend  Blvd.,  St.  Louis 
Ornamental  Wire  &  Iron  Co., 

1615-17-19  University  St.,  St.  Louis 
Rogers-Schmitt  Wire  &  Iron  Co., 

1815  to  1815  North  13rd  St.,  St.  Louis 
Schurk  Iron  Works, 

5415  Manchester  Ave.,  St.  Louis 
Southwest  Wire  &  Iron  Works  Co., 
1711-1730  Tracy,  Kansas  City 
Usona  Mfg.  Co., 

3511-16  Chouteau  Ave.,  St.  Louis 
NEW  JERSEY 

Audubon  Wire  Cloth  Co.,  Inc.,  Audubon 
Elevator  Supplies  Co.,  Inc., 

1515  Willow  Ave.,  Hoboken 

67 


M  B  E  R  S 


Industrial  Wire  &  Metal  Works, 

95  High  St.,  Newark 

Lingo,  John  E.,  &  Son,  Inc.,  Camden 
Newark  Wire  Cloth  Co., 

351-365  Verona  Ave.,  Newark 

Park  Iron  Works,  Inc.,  Bradley  Beach 

Pole  &  Tube,  The,  Works,  Inc., 

Avenue  D  and  Murray  St.,  Newark 

NEW  YORK 

Adler  &  Neilson  Co.,  Inc., 

76  Moultrie  St.,  Brooklyn 

Albee  Godfrey — Whale  Creek  Co.,  Inc., 
Stewart  Ave.  and  Townsend  St. .Brooklyn 
American  Abrasive  Metals  Co., 

50  Church  St.,  New  York  City 

Becker,  George,  Bronze  and  Iron  Works, 
545-549  West  und  St.,  New  York 

Bent  Steel  Sections,  Inc.,  Long  Island  City 
Blum,  Julius,  &  Co., 

531-540  West  und  St.,  New  York 
Brooklyn  Foundry  Co., 

Boulevard  and  Orchard  St.,  Astoria 
Brooklyn  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

173-185  Van  Sinderen  Ave.,  Brooklyn 
Buffalo  Wire  Works  Co.,  Inc.,  Buffalo 
Builders’  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

615-617  Tiffany  St.,  New  York  City 
Case,  Shindel  G.,  Albany 
Chapman,  William  O.,  Co.,  Inc., 

30  Church  St.,  New  York  City 
Clayville  Foundry  Co.,  Inc., 

Clayville,  Oneida  County,  New  York 
Contractors  Ornamental  Steel  Co.,  Inc., 

860  Seneca  St.,  Buffalo 
Cutler,  J.,  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

95  Lombardy  St.,  Brooklyn 
Eberl  Iron  Works, 

116  Sycamore  St.,  Buffalo 
Economic  Iron  Works,  Inc.,  Utica 
Ellison  Bronze  Co.,  Inc.,  Jamestown 
Empire  City  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

90-100  10th  St.,  Long  Island  City 
Empire  Fireproof  Door  Co., 

435-437  Southern  Blvd.,  New  York  City 
Equity  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

719-713  Kent  Ave.,  Brooklyn 
Fassler  Iron  Works, 

439-441-443  East  10th  St.,  New  York 
Faucher-MacMurray,  Inc., 

310  Franklin  St.,  Rochester 
Ferro-Co  Corporation, 

Wythe  Ave.  and  North  13th  St.,  Brooklyn 
Ferro  Studio,  Inc., 

118  East  150th  St.,  New  York 
Graham  &  Norton  Co., 

116  nth  Ave.,  New  York 
Handcraft  Iron  Corporation, 

583  First  Ave.,  New  York 
Harris,  H.  G., 

1170  Broadway,  New  York 
Hopkins,  Angus,  Inc., 

171  West  115th  St.,  Room  403,  New  York 
Jackson,  Wm.  H.,  Co., 

335  Carroll  St.,  Brooklyn 


LIST 


Kitzinger,  John,  Jamestown 
Klein,  J.,  Iron  Works, 

65-71  Broadway,  Astoria,  Long  Island 
Kolenik  Wire  Mesh  Corp., 

4x6-430  Hancock  St.,  Long  Island  City 
Long  Island  Wire  Works,  Inc., 

481-487  Sterling  Place,  Brooklyn 
McKinney,  James,  &  Son, 

9x5-933  Broadway,  Albany 
Moyer,  J.  R.,  &  Co.,  Inc., 

719  65th  St.,  Brooklyn 
Newburgh  Iron  Works,  Inc.,  Newburgh 
North  American  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

116  to  136  57th  St.,  Brooklyn 
Pan-American  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

447-453  East  ixoth  St.,  New  York 
Penn  Brass  &  Bronze  Works, 

105-117  Dobbin  St.,  Brooklyn 
Perlman,  A.,  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

I735  West  Farms  Road,  New  York 
Pipe  Railing  Construction  Co., 

79  6th  St.,  Long  Island  City 
Reynolds,  J.  J.,  Binghamton 
Rochester  Brass  &  Wire  Works  Co., 

76-80  Exchange  St.,  Rochester 
Schacht,  L.  L.,  Inc. 

xo8  East  47th  St.,  New  York 
Smith  &  Caffrey  Co.,  Syracuse 
Standard  Steel  Sections,  Inc., 

608-61X  East  133rd  St.,  New  York 
Steel  Risers  &  Stair  Specialties  Co., 

855-865  East  144th  St.,  New  York 
Superb  Bronze  &  Iron  Co.,  Inc., 

3064-3088  Atlantic  Ave.,  Brooklyn 
Thelen  Iron  Works,  Inc.,  Syracuse 
Titchener  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

X3  Griswold  St.,  Binghamton 
Van  Brunt,  William  C.,  Inc., 

470  Borden  Ave.,  Long  Island  City 
Vulcan  Rail  &  Construction  Co.,  Maspeth 
Wander  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

411-4x3  Whitlock  Ave.,  New  York 
Weiler,  Carl, 

537-541  West  35th  St.,  New  York 
Wells,  The,  Architectural  Iron  Co., 

East  151st  St.,  New  York 
White,  The,  Wire  Works  Co., 

79-83  Exchange  St.,  Rochester 
Williams  Iron  Works,  Inc., 

430-438  East  ioxnd  St.,  New  York 

NORTH  CAROLINA 
Talbert,  T.  L.,  Iron  &  Steel  Co.,  Charlotte 
Wilkins,  J.  D.,  Greensboro 

OHIO 

Acme,  The,  Fence  &  Iron  Co., 

8506  Lake  Ave.,  Cleveland 
Building,  The,  Products  Co., 

Summit  St.  and  Sandusky  Ave.,  Toledo 
Cincinnati,  The,  Manufacturing  Co., 

Gest  and  Evans  Sts.,  Cincinnati 
Columbus,  The,  Wire  &  Iron  Works  Co., 
540-55X  West  Poplar  Ave.,  Columbus 
Denby,  The,  Wire  &  Iron  Co., 

3005  East  81st  St.,  Cleveland 


OF  ME 


Federal,  The,  Iron  Works  Co., 

70-76  South  Prospect  St.,  Youngstown 

Hughes-Keenan,  The,  Co.,  Mansfield 

Knapp,  The,  Fence  Co., 

1148  East  134th  St.,  Cleveland 

Koeber  &  Medesy, 

15x8  East  49th  St.,  Cleveland 

Krause  Iron  Works, 

3589  East  93rd  St.,  Cleveland 

Marty,  A.  H.,  Iron  Works, 

6816  Union  Ave.,  Cleveland 
Meyers,  The  Fred  J.,  Mfg.  Co., 

Hamilton 

Newman,  The,  Manufacturing  Co., 

416  and  418  Elm  St.,  Cincinnati 

Ornamental,  The,  Iron  Work  Co.,  Akron 
Portage,  The,  Iron  &  Wire  Co.,  Akron 

Republic  Structural  Iron  Works, 

1x90  East  53rd  St.,  Cleveland 

Riester  &  Thesmacher,  The,  Co., 

15x6  West  X5th  St.,  Cleveland 

Rose,  The,  Iron  Works, 

1540  East  43rd  St.,  Cleveland 

Seneca,  The,  Wire  Mfg.  Co.,  Fostoria 
Stafford,  The  A.  G.,  Co.,  Canton 
Stewart,  The,  Iron  Works  Co.,  Cincinnati 
Toledo  Wire  &  Iron  Works,  Toledo 
Tyler,  The  W.  S.,  Co., 

3615  Superior  Ave.,  Cleveland 
Union  Wire  &  Iron  Co., 

3407  Lakeside  Ave.,  Cleveland 
Van  Dorn,  The,  Iron  Works  Co., 

X685  East  79th  St.,  Cleveland 

OKLAHOMA 

Klein,  J.  B.,  Iron  &  Foundry  Co., 

1004  West  xnd  St.,  Oklahoma  City 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Acme  Steel  Construction  Co.,  Inc., 

601  3rd  Ave.,  Homestead 
Allentown  Iron  Works,  Allentown 
Althof’s,  Henry,  Sons  Co.,  Erie 
Art  Bronze  &  Iron  Works,  Danville 
Bear  Engineering  &  Construction  Co., 

1518  Summer  St.,  Philadelphia 
Berko  Brothers  Co., 

Randolph  and  Wood  Sts.,  Philadelphia 
Biggin,  Charles  P.,  Co.,  Inc., 

18x9  to  39  Harlan  St.,  Philadelphia 
Christensen,  Wm.,  York 
Dreyer  Metal  Products  Co., 

56th  and  Butler  Sts.,  Pittsburgh 
Gehret  Company,  Inc.,  Bridgeport 
Griffith-Custer  Steel  Co.,  Johnstown 
Grundy,  Frederick,  Iron  Works,  Inc., 
3x11-13  Amber  St.,  Philadelphia 
Hanny,  Chas.  G.,  &  Co., 

856  West  North  Ave.,  N.  S.  Pittsburgh 
Keystone  Ornamental  Iron  Co.,  Homestead 
Lamer-Brocke  Steel  A  Wire  Works,  Inc., 
315  Power  St.,  Johnstown 
Lederle,  Robt.  B.,  &  Co., 

Witherspoon  Bldg.,  Philadelphia 

68 


M  B  E  R  S 


Lupton’s  David,  Sons  Co., 

Allegheny  Ave.  and  Tulip  St.,  Phila. 

Moore  Metal  Mfg.  Co.,  S.  Greensburg 
Penn  Iron  Works,  Allentown 
Penn  Ornamental  Iron  Works,  Reading 
Pettit,  Frank,  Ornamental  Iron  Works, 
1505-15 15  N.  Mascher  St.,  Philadelphia 
Pittsburgh  Iron  Works  Co., 

4701  xnd  Ave.,  Pittsburgh 
Potts  Manufacturing  Co.,  Mechanicsburg 
Reiling  Manufacturing  Co., 

66x0-6636  Kelly  St.,  Pittsburgh 
Remppis,  The  Wm.  F.,  Co., 

7th  and  Chestnut  Sts.,  Reading 
Richmond  &  Kemp, 

1831-46  Germantown  Ave.,  Philadelphia 
Richter,  Ed.  Paul,  Easton 
Smith  Nimmo  &  Co.,  McKeesport 
Smyser-Royer  Co.,  York 
Star  Ornamental  Iron  &  Wire  Co., 

1319  Forbes  St.,  Pittsburgh 
Taylor  &  Dean, 

Penn  Ave.  and  15th  St.,  Pittsburgh 

Tri-Lok,  The,  Co., 

5555  Butler  St.,  Pittsburgh 

Vilsack,  Martin  Co., 

31x1  to  31x8  Penn  Ave.,  Pittsburgh 

Volkwein  Bros.  Wire  Works  Co., 
xi6  Diamond  St.,  Pittsburgh 
Watt  Manufacturing  Co.,  Inc., 

Gen. Robinson  and  Dasher  St. ,N.S. Pitts. 

Yellin,  Samuel, 

55x0  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia 

TEXAS 

Moore  Iron  Works,  El  Paso 

Southern  Ornamental  Iron  Works,  Dallas 

VIRGINIA 

Norfolk  Iron  &  Wire  Works,  Inc., 

136  Evelyn  St.,  Norfolk 
Richmond  Structural  Steel  Co., 

1 8th  and  Dock  St.,  Richmond 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Moss,  TheJ.  E.,  Iron  Works, 
x8th  and  Chapline  Sts.,  Wheeling 

WISCONSIN 

Badger  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

Cleveland  and  15th  Aves.,  Milwaukee 
Globe  Wire  &  Iron  Works, 

1007  to  1015  Atkinson  Ave.,  Milwaukee 

Lehmann,  Emil  J., 

1013-1019  Center  St.,  Milwaukee 

CANADA 

Mitchell,  The  Robert,  Co.,  Ltd., 

64  Belair  Ave.,  Montreal 
Watson,  John,  &  Son  of  Montreal,  Ltd., 
167  to  181  Wellington  St.,  Montreal 

HAWAII 

Axtell  Fence  &  Construction  Co.,  Ltd., 
X015  South  King  St.,  Honolulu,  T.  H. 


c  Y.  CUSHMAN 

*5  R008SVBLT  AVB. 
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To  the  Members  of  the 
National  Association 
Ornamental  Iron  and  Bronze 
Manufacturers 

W ith  this  you  will  receive  your  copy  of  the  first  pretentious  effort  of  your  Publicity  Com¬ 
mittee — a  68  page  book  of  specimens  of  ornamental  iron,  bronze  and  wire  produced  by 
members  of  our  organization. 

This  book  contains  an  illustration  of  the  work  of  every  member  of  the  Association 
who  had,  on  August  20,  1927 

(a)  Subscribed  to  the  publicity  fund  of  the  Association. 

(b)  Furnished  us  with  photographs  and  specifications 
from  which  to  choose. 

If  none  of  your  work  is  shown  it  is  for  either  of  the  above  reasons. 


Distribution 

Our  limited  funds  have  forced  us  to  keep  the  first  edition  of  this  booklet  small.  We 
have  printed  a  quantity  sufficient  to  supply  each  member  with  one  copy.  We  are  sending 
copies  to  every  architect  and  builder  on  our  list  (about  1 ,300)  and  copies  to  the  architectural 
magazines,  schools  of  architecture,  libraries,  etc.  We  are  also  sending  copies  to  manufac¬ 
turers  who  are  not  members  of  our  Association — but  who  should  be — as  an  evidence  of  the 
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should  have  a  copy.  In  fact,  there  may  be  architects  in  your  own  locality  who  have  not  re¬ 
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We  have  accordingly  asked  the  printer  to  hold  the  forms  on  this  book  until  we  see 
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in  planning  its  future  efforts. 

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Manufacturers 

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